“I remember wondering if my brother was queer too,” writes Joe Brainard. Wondering: an attempt to formulate a question. What if we start thinking about making sound compositions that say nothing, but ask instead? Wouldn’t that, a question, be the next possible course of movement for an art sphere which clearly has a lot of beef with what is conventionally termed authority? Wouldn’t that be a kind of renunciation of one’s own authority? I do wonder..
— Nina Dragičević, from liner notes
A yearly local roundtable for Netlabel Day proudly presenting works by FLINTA* artists responding to the theme of authority: beepblip, ala pecula, Oka, Veronika Valdés, OR poiesis, Karmen Ponikvar, Prince Lucija, Czajka i Puchacz, and Kikiriki.
The release includes a ZINE with a QR-code boomarker, the former lovingly printed with an offset technique. This zine is a not-for-sale (but name-your-price) item.
About Access Frame
The series of compilations titled Access Frame aims to present a wide spectrum of local alternative music (with emphasis on electronic and experimental music) that has found its safe haven on the internet. The never-before-encountered entwinement of technology, society, making music and ownership rights has been causing a serious conflict between free culture and the outdated and exploitative concepts of copyright. Adhering to the spirit of free access, online labels are the first in the struggle for equal access and a fairer copyright (facilitated by the introduction of the Creative Commons license).
About Netlabel Day
In this spirit, we are supporting the annual celebration of netlabel culture every July 14th. Every year, labels participate and release free music releases specifically for the event to support the initiative by M.I.S.T. Records in Chile and curated now by The Seattle Star.
Credits
Luka Prinčič · editing, mix, mastering
Tina Ivezić · graphic design
Nina Dragičević · liner notes
Katja Kosi · proofreading
Maruša Hren · booklet bookbinding and printing
Luka T. Zagoričnik, Luka Prinčič · executive production, promotion
Produced by Emanat with support from the City of Ljubljana